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SURFNEWS.The making of a Custom 9ft Log

I recently had Paul Trigger shape me up a traditional styled 9ft Mal with a square tail, slightly pointer nose, rolled bottom, 60/40 rails. The challenge was to give it a paint job worthy of the shape, something that instantly looked like it had come from '66 but with a modern twist . We've been watching Tales from the Black Van and You Scratched My Anchor a bit and browsing some of the many online blogs with pictures of some amazing hand crafted single fins, twinnies, mals and other retro boards so inspiration wasn't a problem.

It turns out we had some left over original orange tint lying around the factory, it was a very bright orange and I wanted something a bit more subdued, more like a pastel. So we mixed it with some white until it was toned down. This is then mixed with the laminating resin and glassed like any other board.